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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2004
Applicants:
Hari Hariharan, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Anthony VU, Waukesha, WI (US);
Inventors:
Hari Hariharan, Pewaukee, WI (US);
Anthony Vu, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An imaging technique is disclosed to reduce ringing artifacts from amplitude decay in MR multi-echo acquisition. A flip angle train is determined to match scan parameters for an MR scan to acquire MR data from a given tissue. Reducing the effects of amplitude decay in the echo signal reduces ringing artifacts and thereby improves image quality.